Tess on Patreon asked: Is there a sedative which can be given for an extended period of time with minimal side effects? My MC is kept sedated in a laboratory for around 5 years (though not necessarily sedated the whole time) I was first thinking ketamine, but I saw in your ketamine tag that in …
Hey there nonny! Your character will generally be okay after a sedative. They can even be woken up a little bit with pinching in painful places. The two biggest things for his friends to do are to keep him on his side (so that if he vomits he doesn’t choke), and to watch his breathing. …
Hey! Missed this follow-up on the initial question. Your character wouldn’t be on propofol without being on a ventilator, unless it’s for procedural sedation. (For example, when I had an upper endoscopy, I was put under with propofol, but I wasn’t put deep enough to stop breathing.) In the ICU, propofol = ventilator, and almost …
Hey there! Thanks for your question! First, doctors are unlikely to give this character any medication until they’ve done a CT of the head (and likely any other injured areas, especially the chest and abdomen) and ruled out an intracranial hemorrhage and internal bleeding. There are a few medications that doctors and medics try to …
Whuddup, peeps and other candies! Today Aunt Scripty wants to talk about a really important aspect of pharmacology, especially important for surgeries (both back-alley and OR) and emergency medicine types. Today we’re going to differentiate anesthesia, analgesia, and paralysis. We’re going to talk about drugs that affect each of these. I swear to you, dear …
What’s up, keyboard trolls?! I’ve been getting some pushback from some writers about my recent post on the knocking-someone-unconscious trope, and I wanted to take a second to address it. Mostly I’ve been challenged to provide a better alternative, which is totally reasonable. So if we can’t knock people out with head injuries, how do …